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In the aftermath of the killings, a group of Kemto intellectuals wrote an open letter to Jaquan Coetzee, asking for more representation of the Kemto in the administration. They were arrested and jailed. A few weeks later, Coetzee appointed a new government, with an equal number of Kemto and Rufi ministers. In 1992, the government created a new constitution that provided for a multi-party system, but a civil war broke out. |
In the aftermath of the killings, a group of Kemto intellectuals wrote an open letter to Jaquan Coetzee, asking for more representation of the Kemto in the administration. They were arrested and jailed. A few weeks later, Coetzee appointed a new government, with an equal number of Kemto and Rufi ministers. In 1992, the government created a new constitution that provided for a multi-party system, but a civil war broke out. |
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An estimated total of 730,000 people died in |
An estimated total of 730,000 people died in Hawa from the various conflicts between 1964 and 1996. Since Hawa independence in 1960, two genocides have taken place in the country: the 1972 mass killings of Kemto by the Rufi-dominated army, and the mass killings of Rufi in 1990 by the Kemto majority. |
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=== First attempt at democracy === |
=== First attempt at democracy === |
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